Gov. Jerry Brown, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and State Senate President Darrell Steinberg were all out of the state Wednesday on business, leaving Atkins, speaker of the state Assembly, in charge for a chunk of the day.

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Late night's new paradigm, experts say, is tech-savvy, younger-skewing and much cheaper. That fits a time in which many viewers are forgoing watching an entire program at its scheduled time, opting instead to watch a few minutes on their phones or tablets the next day. With his frequent YouTube videos, ragged skits featuring family members and interactive stunts such as tongue-in-cheek National Facebook Unfriend Day, Jimmy Kimmel's move to 11:35 p.m. shows that his program is tailored for this new era.

Late night's new paradigm, experts say, is tech-savvy, younger-skewing and much cheaper. That fits a time in which many viewers are forgoing watching an entire program at its scheduled time, opting instead to watch a few minutes on their phones or tablets the next day. With his frequent YouTube videos, ragged skits featuring family members and interactive stunts such as tongue-in-cheek National Facebook Unfriend Day, Jimmy Kimmel's move to 11:35 p.m. shows that his program is tailored for this new era. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

After a short stint at KRQQ in Tucson, Kimmel came to L.A. and joined KROQ. He spent five years as Jimmy the Sports Guy for the "Kevin and Bean" morning show. Above, hockey star Luc Robitaille, right, shoots at a goal guarded by Kimmel and fellow KROQ celebrity Ted Newcomb during a charity event.

After a short stint at KRQQ in Tucson, Kimmel came to L.A. and joined KROQ. He spent five years as Jimmy the Sports Guy for the "Kevin and Bean" morning show. Above, hockey star Luc Robitaille, right, shoots at a goal guarded by Kimmel and fellow KROQ celebrity Ted Newcomb during a charity event. (Los Angeles Times)

Atkins' brief tenure as acting governor -- 10 hours -- was notable because it's rare for the Assembly speaker to be called on to fill the top spot and because Atkins is the first openly gay person to serve as acting governor.

But in the course of joking around, Kimmel may have touched on an interstate war brewing on the horizon.

"It's been an uneventful day," Atkins said to Kimmel. "And I hope that nothing in this interview breaks that streak."

Kimmel then joked, "Before you go, we should do something fun. We should invade Oregon or something like that."

Instead of brushing it off as crazy talk, however, Atkins said, "Somebody already made that suggestion. And talked about a few other things."

Tony Hale will be dropping by The Times' studio at 11 a.m. PDT on Thursday. Of course, we'll be talking about the latest season of "Veep," the HBO comedy that earned Hale a supporting actor Emmy last year and yet another nomination this year.

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